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Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are radio galaxies that have projected linear extents of more than 700 kpc or 1 Mpc, depending on definition. We have carried out a careful visual inspection in search of GRGs of the Bootes LOFAR Deep Field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 Marco Simonte , Heinz Andernach , Marcus Brüggen , Dominik Schwarz , Isabella Prandoni , Anthony G. Willis

We conducted an extensive identification and analysis of various morphological classes and subclasses of radio galaxies using the latest high-resolution data from the second data release of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS DR2). This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-29 Soumen Kumar Bera , Taotao Fang , Tapan K. Sasmal , M. Kunert-Bajraszewska , Xuelei Chen , Soumen Mondal

Study of high-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) can shed light on the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) evolution in massive elliptical galaxies. The vast majority of observed high-redshift AGNs are quasars, and there are very few radio galaxies…

Giant radio sources (GRSs) defined to be > 0.7 Mpc are the largest single objects in the Universe and can be associated with both galaxies (GRGs) and quasars (GRQs). They are important for understanding the evolution of radio galaxies and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 Pratik Dabhade , D. J. Saikia , Mousumi Mahato

We present the first results of a project called SAGAN, which is dedicated solely to the studies of relatively rare megaparsec-scale radio galaxies in the Universe, called giant radio galaxies (GRGs). We have identified 162 new GRGs…

We present the largest sample of giant radio quasars (GRQs), which are defined as having a projected linear size greater than 0.7 Mpc. The sample consists of 272 GRQs, of which 174 are new objects discovered through cross-matching the NRAO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 Agnieszka Kuźmicz , Marek Jamrozy

We have formed a complete sample of 26 low redshift (z < 0.3) giant radio galaxies (GRGs) from the WENSS survey, selected at flux densities above 1 Jy at 325 MHz. We present 10.5-GHz observations with the 100-m Effelsberg telescope of 18…

The simple unification scheme of powerful radio galaxies and quasars, based entirely on the orientation dependent effects, has been confronted with the observed radio structures for 152 radio galaxies and 173 steep spectrum quasars.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Stanislaw Zieba

We present multi-frequency VLA observations of two giant quasars, 0437-244 and 1025-229, from the Molonglo Complete Sample. These sources have well-defined FRII radio structure, possible one-sided jets, no significant depolarization between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , D. J. Saikia

We present the results of spectroscopic observations of host galaxies of eleven candidate giant radio galaxies (GRGs), powered by active galactic nuclei (AGNs), conducted with the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT). The primary aim of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-11 Sagar Sethi , Pratik Dabhade , K. G. Biju , C. S. Stalin , Marek Jamrozy

We present a new sample of 84 large angular size radio galaxies selected from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey. Radio sources with declination above +60 degrees, total flux density greater than 100 mJy at 1.4 GHz and angular size larger than 4…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. Lara , W. D. Cotton , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , J. M. Marcaide , I. Marquez , T. Venturi

We have carried out optical spectroscopy with the Anglo-Australian Telescope for 24,726 objects surrounding a sample of 19 Giant Radio Galaxies (GRGs) selected to have redshifts in the range 0.05 to 0.15 and projected linear sizes from 0.8…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-16 J. M. Malarecki , D. H. Jones , L. Saripalli , L. Staveley-Smith , R. Subrahmanyan

We present radio images of two giant quasars from the Molonglo/1Jy sample, and make a comparative study of giant radio sources selected from the literature with 3CR radio sources of smaller sizes to investigate the evolution of giant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , D. J. Saikia

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs, giant RGs, or giants) are megaparsec-scale, jet-driven outflows from accretion disks of supermassive black holes, and represent the most extreme pathway by which galaxies can impact the Cosmic Web around them. A…

We present Very Large Array observations at 1.4 and 5 GHz of a sample of 16 quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) at z = 1.78 to 2.71. Half of the chosen quasars are bright at mm wavelengths (250 or 350 GHz) while the other half were not detected at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Petric , C. L. Carilli , F. Bertoldi , A. Beelen , P. Cox , A. Omont

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) represent the largest individual astrophysical structures, rivalling galaxy clusters in physical extent. Understanding how they attain such scales demands examining their large scale cosmic surroundings,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-18 Mousumi Mahato , Elmo Tempel , Shishir Sankhyayan , Pratik Dabhade , Kshitij Chavan

X-shaped radio galaxies are a subclass of radio sources that exhibit a pair of secondary low surface brightness radio lobes oriented at an angle to the primary high surface brightness lobes. Sometimes, the secondary low brightened lobes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-01 Soumen Bera , Sabyasachi Pal , Tapan K. Sasmal , Soumen Mondal

The high surface-brightness sensitivity of the GLEAM survey image of the giant radio galaxy GRG 0503-28 at 70-230 MHz has revealed an inversion-symmetric bending of its two lobes, while maintaining between their bent portions a ~200 kpc…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-27 Pratik Dabhade , Gopal-Krishna

We report the discovery of one of the largest and most distant Giant Radio Galaxy (GRG) in the Lynx field which was discovered using deep Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) 150 MHz observations. The core is detected at 150 MHz and also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-18 Biny Sebastian , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , Ravi Joshi , Yogesh Wadadekar

A new sample of very large angular size radio sources has been selected from the 1.4 GHz VLA surveys: FIRST and NVSS. This sample will be very useful for an observational constraint on the time evolution of double radio sources, especially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Machalski , M. Jamrozy , S. Zola